Complete set of 17 volumes from the USGA classics series: Facsimile of Works from the Rare Book Library Author: Place: Far Hills, NJ Publisher: USGA Date: 1981-1996 Description: A full set of 17 volumes, containing 18 titles, in 15 slipcases, as issued. Limited issues of facsimile editions of some of the classics of golfing literature. The edition size varied within this series from 1,400 to 1,900. Limitation numbers vary. Comprises: Mathison. The Goff: Facsimiles of Three Editions of the Heroi-Comical Poem. [The first book solely on golf, originally published in 1743]. Green cloth. 1981. No. 186 of 1,400. Simpson. The Art of Golf. 1982. No. 186 of 1,400. Cundell. Rules of the Thistle Golf Club. [&] Chambers. A Few Rambling Remarks on Golf... 2 volumes, together in a single slipcase. 1983. No. 1186 of 1,900. Darwin. Tee Shots and Others. 1984. No. 186 of 1,500. Hutchinson. Fifty Years of Golf. 1985. No. 186 of 1,500. Lee. Golf in America: A Practical Manual. 1986. No. 186 of 1,500. Low. Concerning Golf. 1987. No. 186 of 1,500. Leach, ed. Great Golfers in the Making by Thirty-Four Famous Players. 1988. No. 1,358 of 1,500. Tufts. The Principles Behind the Rules of Golf. 1989. No. 1,358 of 1,500. Thomas. Golf Architecture in America: Its Strategy and Construction. 1990. No. 1,160 of 1,500. Robb. Historical Gossip About Golf and Golfers. [&] McPherson. Golf and Golfers, Past and Present. Together in one volume. 1991. No. 524 of 1,500. Tulloch. The Life of Tom Morris with Glimpses of St Andres and Its Golfing Celebrities. 1992. No. 818 of 1,500. Kirkaldy. Fifty Years of Golf: My Memories. 1993. No. 44. (Still in shrinkwrap}. Hunter. The Links. 1994. No. 410 of 1,500. Tillinghast. Cobble Valley Golf Yarns and Other Sketches [&] The Mutt and Other Golf Yarns (A New Cobble Valley Series). 2 volumes, together in a single slipcase. [1996]. No. 107 of 1,500. Due to the size and/or weight of this lot extra shipping and/or handling charges may apply. Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear with a few bumps and a few hints of foxing to slipcases, one or two repairs; some volumes with just hints of foxing; near fine overall. Item number: 317251
Complete set of 17 volumes from the USGA classics series: Facsimile of Works from the Rare Book Library Author: Place: Far Hills, NJ Publisher: USGA Date: 1981-1996 Description: A full set of 17 volumes, containing 18 titles, in 15 slipcases, as issued. Limited issues of facsimile editions of some of the classics of golfing literature. The edition size varied within this series from 1,400 to 1,900. Limitation numbers vary. Comprises: Mathison. The Goff: Facsimiles of Three Editions of the Heroi-Comical Poem. [The first book solely on golf, originally published in 1743]. Green cloth. 1981. No. 186 of 1,400. Simpson. The Art of Golf. 1982. No. 186 of 1,400. Cundell. Rules of the Thistle Golf Club. [&] Chambers. A Few Rambling Remarks on Golf... 2 volumes, together in a single slipcase. 1983. No. 1186 of 1,900. Darwin. Tee Shots and Others. 1984. No. 186 of 1,500. Hutchinson. Fifty Years of Golf. 1985. No. 186 of 1,500. Lee. Golf in America: A Practical Manual. 1986. No. 186 of 1,500. Low. Concerning Golf. 1987. No. 186 of 1,500. Leach, ed. Great Golfers in the Making by Thirty-Four Famous Players. 1988. No. 1,358 of 1,500. Tufts. The Principles Behind the Rules of Golf. 1989. No. 1,358 of 1,500. Thomas. Golf Architecture in America: Its Strategy and Construction. 1990. No. 1,160 of 1,500. Robb. Historical Gossip About Golf and Golfers. [&] McPherson. Golf and Golfers, Past and Present. Together in one volume. 1991. No. 524 of 1,500. Tulloch. The Life of Tom Morris with Glimpses of St Andres and Its Golfing Celebrities. 1992. No. 818 of 1,500. Kirkaldy. Fifty Years of Golf: My Memories. 1993. No. 44. (Still in shrinkwrap}. Hunter. The Links. 1994. No. 410 of 1,500. Tillinghast. Cobble Valley Golf Yarns and Other Sketches [&] The Mutt and Other Golf Yarns (A New Cobble Valley Series). 2 volumes, together in a single slipcase. [1996]. No. 107 of 1,500. Due to the size and/or weight of this lot extra shipping and/or handling charges may apply. Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear with a few bumps and a few hints of foxing to slipcases, one or two repairs; some volumes with just hints of foxing; near fine overall. Item number: 317251
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